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I have a couple questions. I have an established 55 gallon reef setup. I don't have a sump, but I have a HOT skimmer that uses a black box that sits in the tank. The problem I am faced with is that because of that overflow box, I'm afraid to put any corals underneath it (it's dark). Does...

I have a reef tank (no sump) that's been set up for about 2.5 years now. Recently, I've started getting real bad algae problems. First a minor battle with hair algae that seems to be gone. I've started now with cyano. I've also really noticed that some of the coraline is starting to die off...

I have a derasa that did the same thing awhile back. I ended up picking up the clam and noticed a couple bristle worms on the bottom. I picked them off with some tweezers and the clam seemed to go back to normal.. That lasted about a week without fully extending it's mantle and opening fully...

I've changed 2 things, I've stopped adding kalkwasser to my top off water a few weeks back and have added a small powerhead to circulate water in the back of my live rock better. I'm using b-ionic to get my calcium raised now. The power head doesn't directly affect the clam, although it is...

I have a T Derasa clam (the only in the tank) that I've had for about 8 months. It's approx 8 inches long and 5 inches tall. In the last week he opens fully, but doesn't extend his mantle much (if at all). I don't really see anything picking at him (even underneath) but am a little concerned...

Looking to buy a tank and stand, but don't want to utilize my LFS. Can anyone recommend a place to buy standard dimension 180 gallon tanks that are predrilled? Any info appreciated.

but I have a coral that is attached on the same rock as the hair algae. I'm interested to know how it gets ahold in the tank.

to be able to keep some crocea's and some high light requiring corals. Are 2 six foot VHO's enough with the 3 MH lights?

On what kind of lighting to use on a 180 gallon tank. I'm thinking 2 6 foot VHO's and 3 Metal Halides. I've never had halides on a tank so I don't know much about what wattage rating to use or kelvin temp. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

The brand is excalibur, not sure how popular it is since it's made by some guy up the road in Virginia. The pump just connects right into a tube that is in an overflow box. It's a HOT design.

My skimmer uses a RIO 1700 and am looking for something that will work in it's place. Can anyone recomend a replacement? Thanks.

It's a standard 55 gallon size, which I know is too small for the yellow tang. I'm currently building a 180 setup and am going to do some things very different.

I use only the liverock in the tank and a excaliber skimmer powered by a rio 1700 (which is a POS, so recommended replacements are welcome). The skimmer is rated for a 200 gallon tank so it's almost overkill on mine. I use 3 powerheads, 2 maxijet 1200's and 1 maxijet 600.

Believe it or not, the niger trigger is the nicest fish in the tank. He pretty much does his own thing and haven't noticed it bothering anything. The tang, by far, is the boss.

This is my first reef tank, looking for comments both positive and constructive. Tanks is about a year and a half old, but only with coral and live rock for 8 months. http://homepage.mac.com/goobusdotorg/PhotoAlbum5.html